its members in the time of ELIZABETH, SIR WILLIAM CORDELL, of Long Melford, attained considerable eminence as a lawyer, filling the important office of master of the rolls. He m. Mary, daughter and heir of Richard Clopton, esq. but died without issue 17th May, 23 ELIZABETH, and was buried in the church of Long Melford, in which town he founded and endowed an alms-house. His estate at Foxley, in Norfolk, ultimately vested in his sister and heir, JOAN, who m. Richard Alington, esq. of Horseheath, in Cambridgeshire, and left two daughters and co-heirs, Mary, m. to Sir John Savage, of Clifton, in Cheshire, and Cordelia, m. to Sir John Stanhope. A male branch of the family, however, continued at Long Melford, and shortly after the Restoration was raised to the degree of BARONET in the person of

1. SIR ROBERT CORDELL, of Melford, who m. Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Sir Edmund Wright, kat. lord mayor of London, and died circa 1680, leaving a son and successor,

11. SIR JOHN CORDELL, of Melford, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Waldegrave, esq. of Smallbridge, in Suffolk, and had issue,

Joux, his heir.

Elizabeth, m. to Thomas King, esq. (eldest son of
Robert King, esq.) killed in a duel.

Margaret, m. to Charles Firebrace, esq. only son
of Sir Robert Firebrace, bart.

Sir John died circa 1690, and was s. by his son,

m. SIR JOHN CORDELL, of Melford, who m. Alionora, daughter and co-heir of John Haskinstiles, of London, merchant, but by her, who died in April, 1705, he had no issue. Sir John was killed by a fall from his horse in May, 1704, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. His sisters were his co-heirs.

Lineage.

SIR SAMUEL CORNISH, vice-admiral of the Red, FR S. &c. was created a BARONET 29th January, He purchased from Sir Philip Boteler, bart. of Teston, in Kent, the manors of Sharnbrook, Tofte, and Temple Hills, in the county of Berks, but dying in 1770 the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. The estates devolved, under Sir Samuel's will, on his ple, Admiral Samuel Pitchford, who assumed the Mirname of CORNISH.

Mary, m. to Thomas Trefusis, esq. of Trefusis. The elder son,

WILLIAM CORYTON, esq. of Coryton and NewtonFerrars, was vice-warden of the stannaries of Cornwall from 1603 to 1630, one of the representatives for the county of Cornwall 21 JAMES I., and member for several other places at subsequent periods. This gentleman, the friend and partisan of HAMPDEN, Pym, and ELIOT, zealously co-operated with these eminent persons in resisting forced loans and arbitrary power. He likewise distinguished himself as a strenuous advocate for the petition of RIGHT, and was one of those who were imprisoned for having forcibly detained the speaker (Finch) in the chair. This staunch patriot espoused Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Chichester, of Raleigh, in the county of Devon, and had a son and successor,

1. JOHN CORYTON, esq. of Coryton and NewtonFerrars, who, having represented for several years the county of Cornwall in parliament, was created a BARONET 27th February, 1661. He m. Ann, only daughter and heiress of John Mills, esq. of Colebrooke, Devon, and had issue,

JOHN, his heir.

WILLIAM, successor to his brother.

Elizabeth, who m. William Goodall, esq. of Fowey, and was grandmother of

PETER GOODALL, esq. who inherited the estates
and assumed the surname of CORYTON. His
representative is the present

JOHN TILLIE CORYTON, esq. of Pentillie
Castle, in Cornwall.

Anne, m. in 1685, to John Peter, esq. of Harlyn, in Cornwall, and was direct ancestor of the present

WILLIAM PETER, esq. of Harlyn and Chiver

ton.

Sir John Coryton d. in 1680, and was s. by his elder

son,

unmarried, a son and successor,

1. FRANCIS COTTINGTON, esq. fourth son of Philip Cottington, esq. of Godmanston, in the county of Somerset, having held the office of clerk of the council in the reign of King JAMES I. and being secretary to CHARLES, Prince of Wales, was created a BARONET by that monarch on the 16th February, 1623. After the accession of King CHARLES I. Sir Francis Cottington was constituted chancellor and under-treasurer of the Exchequer, and being accredited ambassador to the court of Madrid, for the purpose of negociating a peace, he was elevated to the peerage on the 10th July, 1631, as LORD COTTINGTON, Baron of Hanworth, in the county of Middlesex. His lordship was next commissioned to exercise the important office of lord-trea. surer during the king's absence in Scotland, in the 9th CHARLES I. and was constituted master of the wards upon his majesty's return. During the civil wars, Lord Cottington remained faithfully attached to his royal master, and eventually went into exile with King CHARLES II. from which he never returned. His lordship married Anne, daughter of Sir William Meredith, knt. and widow of Sir Robert Brett, by whom he had a son and four daughters, all of whom predeceased him unmarried. He d. at Valladolid in 1653, when the BARONETCY, together with the BARONY OF COTTINGTON, became EXTINCT, and his estates passed to his nephew, CHARLES COTTINGTON, esq. who had his lordship's remains brought over to England and interred in Westminster Abbey, where he erected a stately monument.

scended out of Cheshire, where there are two towns the same denomination; one in the hundred of North wich, the other in Broxton.

WILLIAM DE COTUN, was father of

SIMON DE COTUN, who lived in the time of EDWAR I. and left a son,

WILLIAM DE COTUN, who married first, Isabel, and secondly, Joan, and was s. by his son,

EDMUND DE COTUN, whose wife's christian nam was Catherine. He lived in the time of EDWARD I and had two sons,

ROBERT, of Coton, near Hanbury, in Staffordshire
whose name is mentioned in deeds 30 EDWAR
III. but his line terminated in heirs female
about the time of HENRY V.
WILLIAM.

The younger son,

WILLIAM COTTON, married, towards the latter en of EDWARD the Third's reign, Agnes, daughter an heir of Walter de Ridware, of Hampstall-Ridware, i the county of Stafford (by Joan, his wife, daughte and heir of Walter Walsheif, and Juliana, his wife daughter and heir of John Basyng, of Boyslston, in Derbyshire), and thereby acquired the estate of R ware and other broad lands, and assumed the Ridwan arms, which his descendants continued to bear. H was s. by his son,

JOHN COTTON, of Hampstall-Ridware, who m. Isabel daughter and heir of William Faulconer, esq. of Ther caston, in the county of Leicester, and s. by his son.

SIR RICHARD COTTON, knt. of Ridware. This gen tleman m. Elizabeth, sister and eventually co heir of Sir Hugh Venables, baron of Kinderton, in Cheshire and had two sons, viz.

JOHN, who inherited Ridware, living in the

HENRY VI. and 2nd EDWARD IV. progenitor the Cottons, of Ridware, and the Cottons, ei Bould and Crackmarsh, in the county of Stafford WILLIAM.

The younger son,

WILLIAM COTTON, esq. fell at the battle of St. Albans in the war of the Roses, temp. HENRY VI. Hem. Mary daughter and heir of Robert de Wesenham, son of Si Hugh de Wesenham, by Agnes, his wife, sister and heir of Bernard, son of Sir John de Brus, of Conning ton, in the county of Huntingdon, and of Exton, the county of Rutland. By this marriage he becam possessed of those lordships the continuous seat his posterity. His widow, m. secondly, Sir Thom Billing, knt. lord chief justice of England, in the reg of EDWARD IV. and thirdly, Thomas Lacy, esq. 4 Grancestre, near Cambridge. She died 14th March 1499, and was buried on the south side of the altar the church of St. Margaret, Westminster, by her r husband. Weaver exhibits the graphical drafts both their monuments. He is represented in armon with a surcoat of his arms, of the spread eagle, up his knees at prayer, a book before him, and behind group of fifteen children, all mature grown, where eight seem to be sons, and the other seven daughter in a scroll over his head, s. hoc, s. m. His eldest and heir,

THOMAS COTTON, esq. of Connington, served the off of sheriff of the counties of Cambridge and Hunting don, in the 15th HENRY VII. He m. Eleanor, daught of Richard Knightley, esq. of Fawesley, in North tonshire, and had issue,

THOMAS, his heir.
William.
George.
Anthony.
Richard.

Eleanor, m. to Robert Mulsho, esq. of Thingdon, in Northamptonshire.

Mary, m. to Grantoft, esq. of Stanton, in the county of Huntingdon.

Margaret, a nun, at Barking, in Essex.

He 4 in 1506, and was s. by his eldest son,

TROMAS COTTON, esq. of Connington, sheriff of Cambridge and Huntingdon, 4 HENRY VIII. m. Joan, Caughter of John Paris, esq. of Linton, in Cambridgekire, and had issue.

THOMAS, his heir.

Richard, in holy orders.

Eleanor, m. first, to Edward Pitcher, esq. of
Trumpington, in Cambridgeshire, secondly, to
- Pepys, of Cottenham, and thirdly, to Doctor
Walker, M. D. of Cambridge.

He d. in the 9th of HENRY VIII. and was s. by his
Filer son,

THOMAS COTTON, esq. of Connington, sheriff of Huntdon and Cambridge, 1st EDWARD VI. m. Lucy, ghter and co-heir of Thomas Harvey, esq. of Elmin the county of Lincoln, and was s. by his

rst son,

THOMAS COTTON, esq. of Connington M. P. for the Pinty of Hantingdon, 4 and 5 PHILIP and MARY. This ieman m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Narley, esq. of Staunton-Harold, in the county of Lærester, (son of Sir Ralph Shirley, knt. and Joan, La wife, daughter of Sir Robert Sheffield, knt.) and

bad issue,

ROBERT, his heir.

Thomas, of Gedding Abbots, in the county of Huntingdon, m. Mary, daughter of Robert Apreece, esq of Washingly, in the same county, and left a son and heir,

John Cotton, esq. of Gedding, who m. Frances, daughter of John Gifford, esq. of White La. dys, in the county of Stafford, and left an only daughter and heiress,

JANE COTTON, who m. Bazil Fitzherbert, esq. of Norbury and Swinnerton, Lacy, m. to Talcarne, esq. of Ashton, in Essex. Dorothy, m. to Maurice Baude, esq. of Somerby, in the county of Lincoln.

Johanna, m. to John Baude, esq. of the same place.

Mr Cotton m. secondly, Dorothy, daughter of John worth, esq. of Hawsted, in Leicestershire, and by as lady had,

Heary, d. unm. 11th June, 1614.

Perdinand,

Jahn,

1570, at the village of Denton, in the vicinity of the family seat, and after receiving an early education of the first description, was sent to Trinity College, Cambridge. He subsequently devoted himself to literature, and the collecting of those celebrated manuscripts, which have since immortalized his name, under the designation of "THE COTTONIAN LIBRARY." He began this great work in the year 1588, when finding his residence at home not altogether adequate to the object he had in view, he came up to London, associated himself with Camden, and became a member of the Society of Antiquaries. In 1603, Mr. Cotton received the honour of knighthood from King JAMES I. being one of those so distinguished immediately before his majesty's coronation, "During this reign, and in the many and various difficulties arising in state points, Sir Robert was looked upon, by common suffrage, one of the best instructed therein; hence, Henry, Earl of Northampton, lord privy seal in 1608, became his familiar and perpetual friend, consulted him in what he publicly delivered, made him his confident, and found a return of wisdom and fidelity." He was, subsequently, often consulted upon public affairs, and was amongst those, who to recruit the treasury, devised the order of hereditary knights, or BARONETS, to which diguity he was himself one of the first gentlemen raised, having been created a BARONET on the 29th June, 1611. In the same reign Sir Robert was twice sent to parliament by the county of Huntingdon, and fully sustained in the senate the high reputation he had attained in literature. He d. on the 6th May, 1631, in his sixty-first year, at his house in Westminster, whence, with solemn pomp, his remains were conveyed to Connington, as appointed by his will, and interred on the south side of the church, under a fair monument, erected by the piety of his wife and son; which lady was Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of William Brocas, esq. of Thedingworth, in the county of Leicester. His only surviving son and heir,

II. SIR THOMAS COTTON, M. P. for the county of Huntingdon, m. first, Margaret, daughter of William, Lord Howard, of Naworth, and by that lady had issue, JOHN, his successor.

Lucy, m. to Sir Philip Wodehouse, bart. of Kimberley, in Norfolk, and had a son,

Sir Thomas Wodehouse, knt. from whom de-
scend the Lords Wodehouse.

Lady Wodehouse d. 26th June, 1684.
Frances.

He m. secondly, Alice, daughter and sole heir of Sir
John Constable, knt. of Dromondby, in the county of
York, and relict of Edmund Anderson, esq. of Ey-
worth, and by her had,

Thomas, who d. at the age of seventeen.
Robert (Sir), of Hatley St. George, in Cambridge-
shire, M. P. for that county, m. Gertrude, second
daughter of Sir William Morrice, of Werington,
in the county of Devon, bart. secretary of state
to CHARLES II. and had an only surviving
daughter and heiress,

Alice Cotton, who m. Robert Trefusis, of Tre-
fusis, in Cornwall, ancestor of the present
Lord Clinton, and conveyed the estate of
Hartley St. George to her husband, from
whom descending to their son, Robert Tre-
fusis, M. P. of Trefusis, it was sold by him
to Thomas Pearce, esq. a commissioner of
the navy.

Philip, of Connington, aged thirty-seven in 1684, m. twice, (his first wife was Frances, daughter

of Sir Toby Tyrell, of Thornton, county of Berks, and widow of Sir John Hewett, bart.) but dying s. p. he bequeathed his estates to his nephew, Thomas, the son of his brother William. William, of Cotton Hall, in the county of Chester, m. Mary, daughter of the Rev. Robert Pulleyn, of Thurleston, in Leicestershire, and had issue, 1. Thomas, of Connington, devisee of his uncle Philip, m. Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas Andrews, (grandson and heir of Sir Thomas Andrews, knt. citizen of London,) by Anne, daughter and heir of Samuel Shute, esq. sheriff of London in 1681, and left an only daughter and heiress,

FRANCIS, who m. DINGLEY ASCHAM, esq. and conveyed Connington and the other estates to him.

1. Mary, m. Jonathan Symonds, esq. of Great Ormesby, in the county of Norfolk, and had issue.

2. Alice, m. to William Shiers, gent. buried at Great Ormesby, 30th October, 1749.

3. Catherine.

4. Frances, married to Dr. Lewis, a physician in London.

Sir Thomas d. 13th May, 1662, aged sixty-eight years, and was buried in the south chancel of the church at Connington. He was s. by his eldest son,

III. SIR JOHN COTTON, b. 1621, M. P. for the borough of Huntingdon, in the reign of CHARLES II. and for the county in the time of JAMES II. He m. first, Dorothy, daughter and sole heir of Edmund Anderson, of Stratton and Eyworth, in the county of Bedford, and had issue,

JOHN, who m. Frances, daughter of Sir George
Downing, bart. of East Hatley, in the county of
Cambridge, and dying in the lifetime of his
father, anno 1681, left two sons and a daughter,
viz.

JOHN, successor to his grandfather.
Thomas, m. Frances, only daughter and heir
of William Langton, esq. of Peterborough,
and left an only daughter,

ROBERT, who succeeded as fifth baronet.

Elizabeth, m. first, to Lyonel Walden, esq. of Huntingdon, and secondly, to Smith, esq. of Westminster; by her first husband she had, Lionel Walden, who d. unm.

Elizabeth Walden, co-heir to her brother, m. first, to Charles Pitfield, esq. and secondly, to Talbot Touchet, esq. By the former she had,

Charles Pitfield, who m. Miss Ashley, daughter of Solomon Ashley, esq. M. P. and d. s. p.; his widow m. the Honour able Felton Hervey, youngest son of the Earl of Bristol.

Elizabeth Pitfield, m. to Edward Bigland.

esq. of Long Whatton, in Leicester-
shire.

Hester Walden, co-heir to her brother, m
Humphrey Orme, esq. of Peterborough, cap

tain in the royal navy, and had a son,

Walden Orme.

Mary Honywood, m. Doctor Roger Kenyon, and died s. p.

Sir John was s. by his grandson,

IV. SIR JOHN COTTON, of Connington, M. P. for the county of Huntingdon in 1711, who m. Elizabeth daughter of the Honourable James Herbert, of King sey, in Oxfordshire, (younger son of Philip, Earl of Pembroke,) by Catherine, his wife, daughter of The mas, Duke of Leeds, but dying s. p. 5th February, 1730-1, the baronetcy, and a portion of the estates, passed to his uncle,

v. SIR ROBERT COTTON, of Gedding, in the county of Huntingdon, who m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Wigston, esq.; and secondly, Mrs. Morton. He died 12th July, 1749, aged eighty, and was succeeded by

his son,

VI. SIR JOHN COTTON, who m. Jane, daughter of Sir Robert Burdett, bart. of Bramcote, and had one son and four daughters, viz.

JOHN, died at Durham of the small-pox, 15th No
vember, 1739.

Jane, m. in October, 1741, to Thomas Hart, esq. f
Warfield, Berks.

Elizabeth.

Frances.

Mary.

Sir John d. 27th March, 1752, when the BARONETU became EXTINCT.

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4. George, who m. Emily, daughter Albert Foster, esq.

5. Martin, b. 1811.

1. Caroline.

2. Frances.

3. Elizabeth Vere.

III. William. IV. Martin.

v. James.

1. Mary.

II. Katherine, m. to the Rev. Dr. Trollop. 1. Elizabeth, m. to George Booth Tyndale, of Bathford, in Somersetshire. ELIZABETH HANBURY, M. to Thomas Neale, es FRANCES HANBURY, m. to F. Barcel, esq. CATHERINE HANBURY, . to Velters Cornewsf esq. of Moccas Court.

1. William, of Hascomb, whose son,

William, of Hascomb, m. a daughter of Richard
Wasse, and had two sons and three daugh-
ters, viz.

Giles, of Hascomb, in Surrey, d. 23rd
June, 1556.

Richard, of Hascomb, heir to his brother,
m. Catherine, daughter of William Ern-
ley, of Cookham, in Sussex, and had
four sons and as many daughters; of the
latter, Susan, m. Robert Coke, of Kent,
and Elizabeth, m. Reginald Bray, of
Shere, in Surrey.

Agnes, m. to William Bartelott, esq. of
Stopham, in Sussex.
Mabel, m. to Richard Blake.

Jane, m. to Hugh Gunter.

JOHN COVERT, esq. of Slougham in Sussex, fined for his knighthood 25 HENRY VIII, m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of John Coke, of Rustington, by whom he had a son, WILLIAM; and secondly, at Twineham, in 1547, Ann, daughter of William Beard, by whom he had with three daughters, a son Edward, (father of John Covert, esq. of Abberton, in Sussex). John Covert died at the siege of Bologne in 1558, and was s. by his son,

WILLIAM COVERT, esq. who m. Benedict Herenden, and had a son and successor,

WILLIAM COVERT, esq. of Ledes Abbey, in Kent, who m. Elizabeth, sister of Sir William Steed, and dying in 1614, was s. by his son,

SIR WALTER COVERT, of Maidstone, in Kent, who m. Ann, daughter and heir of John Covert, of Slougham, and by her, who died 22nd September, 1632, left, at his decease before 1632, a son,

1. SIR JOHN COVERT, of Slougham, b. 6th June, 1620, This who was created a BARONET 2nd July, 1660. gentleman married Isabella, daughter of Sir William Leigh, knt. of Longborow, in Gloucestershire, and relict of Gervase Warmshey, of Worcester, by whom, who died in September, 1680, he had issue,

Walter, buried 30th September, 1672.
Jane, d. unm. in 1658.
Isabel, d. unm. in 1661.

MARY, m. in 1676, to Henry Goring, esq. son of
Sir Henry Goring, bart. of Highden, and had a

son,

SIR HENRY GORING, third bart. of Highden,
ancestor of the present SIR CHARLES FORSTER
GORING, bart. of Highden, in Sussex.
ANN, who became seised of the manor, of Slougham
at her father's death. She m. 26th December,
1671, to Sir James Morton, and had two sons,
John Morton, who possessed the manor of
Slougham.

James Morton, who sold Slougham to Charles
Sergison, esq.

Sir John Covert died 11th March, 1678-9, s. p. when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

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